Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.
I care for riches, to make gifts.
A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.